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Bite, from renowned Fringe playwright and director Suzanne Bachner of the John Montgomery Theatre Co. in New York City, on at Spriet Family Theatre for the 2014 London Fringe Festival, is not family-friendly fare.

As their program warns, the audience is “in control in this choose-your-own-adventure sex farce.”

The potential bite is the audience uses coloured paddles to choose which direction the plot goes at several points during the show.

Make the wrong choice the show could be shortened and, trust me, you don’t want to lose even a minute of this hilarious romp.

Actor Bob Brader plays a neurotic clean freak, Parker, who screams if anyone moves to touch him, but wants his teeth cleaned by the dentist, Oliver Greenmeadow, played by Adam Brick, who has the “softest fingers on 5th Avenue.”

Brader also plays Greenmeadow’s partner, Dr. Marone, who prefers playing racquetball to dentistry and who regularly disappears for hours at a time instead of handling patients.

Abby Eletz plays three characters, including dental secretary, Natalie, who reveals that Marone is stealing from the company’s bank account.

Greenmeadow discovers Marone is using the money to pay a dominatrix (played by Eletz) to fulfil his kinky sexual urges.

Also in the mix is dental patient Annabelle (Eletz) who is facing a $15,000 bill for three root canals. Parker offers to lend her the money if she’ll work at the “dungeon” Marone visits.

There are just so many different moments of hilarity in this show the audience is left wondering what they’ve left on the table by their votes.

The acting in this show is outstanding, Brick’s Dr. Greenmeadow transforming from a quiet, naïve loner who still lives with his mother to, well, a dominant in the S & M world.

Eletz brings three distinctly different and believable characters to the stage.

Brader, too, brings two wonderful characters to life and seems to be at the centre of most of the, uh, ‘action,’ at one point dressed in a French maid’s costume and high heels that alone is worth the price of admission just to see. Earlier shows did not make choices that led to this moment.

This is a flawless show that will keep the audience engaged and laughing from start to finish, certainly a must-see for those who don’t mind a little, uh, ‘pain’ with their Fringe.